"Now our House of Commons is prosecuted the defendant Earl Straffor, the King's Privy Council adviser, who recruited troops in Ireland and restarted war with the Scots. His past actions, speeches and intentions expressed all show that he wants to betray our England. The suggestion of our House of Commons is to impose a culpability."

Pim, the leader of the House of Commons, accused the arrested king's favorite Earl Stratford in court.

The bill to impeach Count Straffor was proposed by Pim, the lower house of commons was filed and accepted by the upper house.

Even though the king did not recognize the legitimacy of this self-established parliament, Britain had a system of electing members, and the parliament was established and operated well.

When the Earl of Stratford was in the defendant's seat, he heard that the parliament was going to punish him, and he couldn't help but stand up and look around his former colleagues.

Most of the members who formed the parliament now are the ones who were disbanded ten years ago. He was among them at that time. Later, he was bribed by the king with high officials and generous salaries, becoming the king's tyrant, and was resentful by the majority of the parliament.

Count Straffor said in a dry voice: "Mr. MPs... Our English legal history has never had the crime of "accumulative treason". Imagine if your enemies come out to testify, if your words, intentions and circumstances are made as treason, not according to the law but according to the consequences of the matter and the fabricated charges, once this precedent is made, then both yourselves, your property and descendants will be in great danger."

"Please think about what consequences will this dangerous practice cause if you can execute an unprecedented crime? If the law does not provide for it, then it should be unrelated to the crime. If you want to convict me, please collect enough evidence and invoke appropriate laws."

The rebuttal of Count Strafford silenced the members of the House of Commons.

The 80 nobles of the MPs served as judges, and they looked at each other, one of the nobles said: "The rebuttal of Count Strafford is valid, and the prosecution is invalid unless the House of Commons can invoke appropriate places and collect sufficient evidence."

He could not be accused of treason, and the MPs, including Pim, could not think of what crimes to execute Count Stratford.

On this occasion, thousands of London urban residents surrounded the Parliament for two consecutive days, shouting loudly outside, expressing their support for the Parliament, and strongly executing the Earl of Stratford!

The noise came one after another, and the Chinese merchants in the teahouses, porcelain shops and silk shops in the city learned that King Charles's number one favorite was being tried.

It was just that the trial was deadlocked, and the House of Commons urgently needed a legitimate reason to execute Count Stratford, to slaughter the morale of the King's army, and to break with the King.

When almost all members of the House of Commons were frowning, an experienced member proposed that the House of Commons re-claim the charge against Count Stratford by replacing the cumulative treason of the Disposal of Public Power Act.

"The Earl of Stratford was the governor of Ireland for five years. He used force to collect taxes in the local area and was tyrannical and savage, and was called the "Black Tom Tyrant" by the locals. Now there are immigrants from Ireland in the jury, and they can prove the arbitraryness of Stratford. According to the "Disendicated Public Power Act", if a person shows a tyrannical intention, the parliament can convict the defendant in the form of a resolution." A member of the parliament sued Count Stratford again on the third day of the accusation.

Earl of Stratford's face turned slightly pale, and he could not refute the sued by the House of Commons again for the previous reasons.

Next is the vote that determines his fate, and the House of Commons and the House of Lords need to judge whether he is guilty by the principle of minority obeying the majority.

The House of Commons was most resentful to the Earl of Stratford and passed the case with an absolute advantage of 201 to 52.

However, the noble MPs of the House of Lords raised questions: "We have reason to suspect that your House of Commons abuses legislative power and does not act according to law. You are more like trying to find a charge for the Earl of Stratford..."

At this time, the lawyer who had not long ago in the Hampton tax protests stood up and said to the nobles of the House of Lords: "The only starting point of the House of Lords is the interests of the people. As representatives of all Englishmen from kings to beggars, the Council can be free from the existing laws and has the right to formulate new laws according to the needs of the situation. Brokening the heads of foxes and wolves is never a cruel or unreasonable act, because they are beasts."

The nobles of the House of Lords look at me and I look at you, and they don’t know what to do for a moment.

Inner terms, the members of the House of Lords prefer the king and are unwilling to vote to pass the proposal to execute Count Stratford. However, the people of London outside the parliament are now angry. If the House of Lords does not give the people the result they expect as soon as possible, the citizens who surrounded the parliament will probably not let them go.

The tangled House of Lords finally gave up the vote, 26 votes in favor, 19 votes against, and the proposal to execute Count Strafford was passed!

Count Straffor tried to make his final struggle: "It is not fair to me! I cleared pirates in Ireland, developed trade and industry, organized churches, and implemented fiscal changes. All I did was to faithfully fulfill the king's orders, and you should take into account my situation at that time!"

However, the struggle of Count Stratford was of no use, and the people of the parliament did not look at his contribution at all. Whether it was to strengthen the determination of the parliamentary army to defeat the King's army or to calm the anger of the city residents in London, there was a man who needed to take the blame.

In the office of the Information Department of the China Merchants Association in London, a man knocked on the door and came in.

"What was the final judgment of the Parliament on the Earl of Stratford?"

"They have passed the proposal to execute Count Stratford. Even if we want to rescue Count Stratford, it will probably be difficult. The prison is guarded by militia in the city of London. If we use force to rescue Count Stratford, the matter will be hated by all the people of London. He has become a victim of the conflict between the king and the parliament."

"It's better to give up on him and not offend a group of people because of a certain person."
Chapter completed!